Made by Google Event Live Blog (Starts at 11am ET/15:00 UTC)
by Ian Cutress on October 9, 2018 9:50 AM EST- Posted in
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10:54AM EDT - Continuing my whirlwind trip of New York City, today I'm here at Google's annual "Made by Google" event. The event has become the company's traditional venue for launching their in-house hardware, such as the Pixel phone family and various Chromebook offshoots. Doors are set to open here in a bit at 10am ET, with the presentation itself starting at 11am (15:00 UTC). To address the elephant in the room, this year's event is a little awkward for everyone because so much about the Pixel 3 was leaked in advance - including outright hands-on articles that we published last week. So what we're expecting to be Google's biggest announcements have already been spoiled, though that doesn't mean we've seen the whole picture.
10:57AM EDT - A few minutes to go. I'm sat next to Sascha Segan from PCMag
11:00AM EDT - Close by is Cristiano Amon and Steve Mollenkopf from Qualcomm
11:00AM EDT - Also Verizon
11:01AM EDT - Here we go
11:01AM EDT - dance beat ensues
11:02AM EDT - Enter youtubers
11:03AM EDT - Google intro video
11:04AM EDT - Rick Osterloh to the stage
11:04AM EDT - New venue, new city
11:04AM EDT - Today is all about help
11:04AM EDT - Verizon and Telus here as well
11:04AM EDT - Google 20th anniversary
11:04AM EDT - >Anandtech is older
11:04AM EDT - delivering information has always been in Google's DNA
11:05AM EDT - making life easier for people
11:05AM EDT - constant focus on shaving milliseconds off of searches
11:05AM EDT - Designed our own servers, our own services
11:05AM EDT - Providing the most relevant search results
11:05AM EDT - finding the nuances of language and the intent of words
11:06AM EDT - Translating 143 billion words a day in 100 languages
11:06AM EDT - Speech recognition can roll out voice interactions in devices
11:06AM EDT - Lessen the pain of email responding with quick responses
11:06AM EDT - Finishing sentences as you type
11:06AM EDT - cutting back on doing work
11:07AM EDT - Mobile first with Pixel
11:07AM EDT - Google Assistant is much better at doing things for you - Duplex technology
11:07AM EDT - Making more info more accessible
11:07AM EDT - Similar with search, images
11:07AM EDT - Pixel still has a great camera, some call it the best, a year later
11:07AM EDT - Tracing the intelligence back to google search
11:07AM EDT - using google to search for images
11:08AM EDT - Spent years researching computer vision
11:08AM EDT - Getting better every year
11:08AM EDT - Putting technology to work for Google users
11:08AM EDT - Google Photos make photos accessible by search
11:08AM EDT - Smoothing out shakiness of videos
11:09AM EDT - Contextual search based on images
11:09AM EDT - Also google maps
11:09AM EDT - Pushing forward in all brands
11:09AM EDT - Intersection of AI, software, and hardware
11:10AM EDT - AI is not artificial - it helps people get things done every day
11:10AM EDT - photos, maps, smart home
11:10AM EDT - putting users first guides Google's work
11:10AM EDT - Respect each user as an individual - a personal Google
11:10AM EDT - Google Assistant is the best expression of this
11:11AM EDT - Committed to the security of users
11:11AM EDT - Do it at the OS level with Google Play and Protect
11:11AM EDT - Google Titan Security for data centers
11:11AM EDT - New dedicated chip.
11:11AM EDT - >We covered this at Hot Chips
11:12AM EDT - users in control of their digital wellbeing
11:12AM EDT - You control devices, not devices control you
11:13AM EDT - Google Home devices are expanding into more devices and homes
11:13AM EDT - Pixel book
11:13AM EDT - quotes from reviews
11:14AM EDT - Just getting started on Pixelbook
11:14AM EDT - Recapping Pixel 2
11:14AM EDT - Continual updates on Pixel 2
11:14AM EDT - Designed worlds best camera in Pixel 3
11:15AM EDT - For life at home, power of desktop in the Pixel Slate
11:15AM EDT - Mange connceted home from Google Hoe Hub
11:15AM EDT - Google Home Hub
11:16AM EDT - >About google titan, the link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13248/hot-chips-2018-google-titan-live-blog-6pm-pt-1am-utc
11:17AM EDT - Incredible material progress in desing
11:17AM EDT - evolutions of applications people know and love
11:17AM EDT - Pushing how technology can be designed for today
11:17AM EDT - More than 45 design industry awards
11:18AM EDT - Video time
11:18AM EDT - Google is about being unique in form and shape
11:18AM EDT - Technology needs to be closer to its users
11:18AM EDT - osft circles and curves are familiar
11:19AM EDT - Holding google in your hand
11:19AM EDT - The home is the most important place
11:19AM EDT - Google WiFi to extended networks
11:20AM EDT - Bringing together google and Nest
11:20AM EDT - Smarthome is too complex with siloed technologies
11:20AM EDT - Shared vision of a thoughtful home
11:20AM EDT - Nest has saved over 25b kWh of energy to date
11:21AM EDT - Newest addition to the Google Home family
11:21AM EDT - Google home helps simplify the complex parts of home life
11:22AM EDT - Imagine seeing a response when you ask google home hub a question
11:22AM EDT - redesigned most of google services to give visual help
11:22AM EDT - Obsessed about the interaction and design
11:23AM EDT - Small enough to fit in any space in home, but large enough to use
11:23AM EDT - No camera embedded
11:23AM EDT - Hub can respond to the ambient lighting
11:23AM EDT - Ambient EQ
11:24AM EDT - Hub can blend into your home
11:24AM EDT - Can have multiple users as it learns how people talk separately
11:24AM EDT - Voice match
11:26AM EDT - Using voice for help with GA
11:26AM EDT - Food mode
11:26AM EDT - Youtube on hub
11:27AM EDT - instructional videos and music
11:28AM EDT - Hear and see the music brings the concert into your home
11:28AM EDT - 6 months of Youtube music on purchase
11:28AM EDT - Hub downtime mode
11:28AM EDT - Filters for family friendly content
11:29AM EDT - Control and manage devices through one interface
11:29AM EDT - Smart home hub and control panel
11:29AM EDT - Home Hub Home View
11:30AM EDT - Works with tap or voice
11:30AM EDT - Control music, lights, thermostat
11:30AM EDT - Control outside the home as well
11:31AM EDT - Taking the smart home to the next level
11:31AM EDT - 200M devices and 1000 brands work with Home View
11:32AM EDT - From full house to first lightbulb
11:32AM EDT - Hub will be the best photo frame not in use
11:32AM EDT - Deep integration with Google Photo
11:32AM EDT - 1.2b photos and videos uploaded to Google Photos every day
11:33AM EDT - Live album updates when you take pivtures
11:33AM EDT - Hub uses machine learning to show good photos. Filter out blurry / underexposed photos
11:33AM EDT - Filter out receipts
11:34AM EDT - $149, oct 22nd at retail in US, UK, Aus
11:34AM EDT - pre-order it now
11:35AM EDT - So, english only?
11:35AM EDT - Osterloh back to the stage
11:36AM EDT - Google built Chrome for a fast web experience, but people used it on slow PCs, so Chrome OS
11:37AM EDT - >Note, no tech details about Home Hub: screen resolution, battery life, other key info
11:37AM EDT - Chromebook recently got Play Store and Google Assistant - linked together in pixelbook
11:37AM EDT - Now, Pixel Slate
11:38AM EDT - Powerful productiviy in a fresh mobile form
11:38AM EDT - fanless
11:38AM EDT - Combine helpful elements of mobile, tablet, and notebook, in one device
11:38AM EDT - Thin and light
11:38AM EDT - lines and edges in midnight blue
11:38AM EDT - Perfectly balanced center of gravity
11:38AM EDT - detailed display
11:39AM EDT - 293 PPI, 6M pixels (3000 x 2000 ?)
11:39AM EDT - Now a video from content creators using slate
11:39AM EDT - Ultra HD+
11:40AM EDT - low temp poly-crystalline silicon technology display
11:40AM EDT - RGB Stripe
11:40AM EDT - Dual front facing speakers
11:41AM EDT - The best entertainment experience you can hold in your hands
11:41AM EDT - Youtube TV free for 3 months with Pixel Slate or Pixel Book
11:41AM EDT - Computational photography coming to the slate
11:41AM EDT - 8MP front and rear cameras
11:41AM EDT - machine learning for photos
11:41AM EDT - Portrait mode
11:41AM EDT - Front facing is wide angle for video chat
11:42AM EDT - Sensor with larger pixels
11:42AM EDT - New chapter for Chrome OS
11:42AM EDT - UI is now optimized for touch screen
11:42AM EDT - Full desktop experience, not one designed for a phone
11:42AM EDT - Full linux apps and dev tools
11:42AM EDT - Launcher is customized with best apps
11:42AM EDT - A personal google
11:42AM EDT - Split screen (like windows snap
11:43AM EDT - Integrated Google Assistant
11:43AM EDT - Family Link for family control
11:43AM EDT - Do not disturb feature
11:44AM EDT - Fingerprint sensor in the power button
11:44AM EDT - Pixel slate keyboard
11:44AM EDT - no pairing needed, just connect it
11:45AM EDT - full size backlit keyboard
11:45AM EDT - round keys
11:45AM EDT - similar feeling trackpad
11:45AM EDT - folio is infinitely adjustable
11:45AM EDT - G Suite integration
11:46AM EDT - Used by 1b worldwide
11:46AM EDT - No camera bump
11:46AM EDT - Full dekstop chrome browser
11:46AM EDT - Extensions and as many tabs as needed
11:46AM EDT - all new Adobe Acrobat
11:46AM EDT - Optimizing apps for Chrome OS
11:47AM EDT - Starts at $599. Keyboard at $199. Pen is $99
11:48AM EDT - Available later this year on Google Play store
11:48AM EDT - No tech specs. We believe it's x86 though based on leaks
11:49AM EDT - Time for Pixel
11:49AM EDT - A phone that answers itself, a new experience when charging, a phone that never misses a shot
11:49AM EDT - Iconic two tone design
11:50AM EDT - Just Black, Clearly White, and Not Pink
11:50AM EDT - 5.5-inch Pixel 3, 6.3-inch Pixel 3 XL
11:50AM EDT - Edge to edge viewing experience with extra space at the top
11:50AM EDT - OLED with adaptive color profiles
11:51AM EDT - Front firing stereo speakers are 40% louder
11:51AM EDT - custom sound profiles
11:51AM EDT - Youtube Music with 6 months free
11:52AM EDT - A new partnership with Annie Leibowitz on photography
11:52AM EDT - First time she's partnered with any camera
11:52AM EDT - Pixel 3 already used for magazine covers at Conde Nast
11:53AM EDT - Pixel camera is ahead of the curve
11:53AM EDT - end-to-end for AI hardware, software
11:53AM EDT - zero shutter lag HDR+
11:54AM EDT - Still the only company using it
11:54AM EDT - Pixel Visual Core
11:54AM EDT - Inside Pixel 3
11:54AM EDT - Powers new computationally intensive camera features
11:55AM EDT - Top shot solves the problem of pressing the camera at the wrong time
11:55AM EDT - Select the best photo in a sequence
11:56AM EDT - All shots in HDR+
11:56AM EDT - Super Res Zoom
11:57AM EDT - Takes several photos given the movement of someone's hand, enabling zoom quality
11:57AM EDT - Used in advanced astronomy research put into the device
11:57AM EDT - Night Sight - low light
11:57AM EDT - Never need to use a flash again
11:58AM EDT - Uses machine learning to choose the best colors in low light
11:58AM EDT - Coming to all Pixel devices next month
11:59AM EDT - Group Selfie Cam
11:59AM EDT - front facing wide angle
11:59AM EDT - 184% more of the scene than iPhone Xs
11:59AM EDT - Just zoom out
12:00PM EDT - AR stickers now become Playground. Applicable on both front and rear facing cameras
12:00PM EDT - Tie in with Marvel
12:00PM EDT - Childish Gambino playground coming soon
12:01PM EDT - Coming to Pixel 3, coming to Pixel 1 and 2 soon
12:01PM EDT - Now Google Lens
12:01PM EDT - Integrated directly into the camera
12:01PM EDT - identifies objects, phone numbers, web addresses
12:01PM EDT - Combines Pixel Digital Core with search and computer vision
12:02PM EDT - Find products
12:02PM EDT - Photo booth mode
12:02PM EDT - Motion auto focus
12:03PM EDT - Portrait mode, edit depth of field
12:03PM EDT - Free unlimited storage at original quality
12:03PM EDT - Camera bump
12:03PM EDT - New Google Assistant with Duplex
12:03PM EDT - Rolls out city by city next month
12:04PM EDT - Books reservations for you
12:04PM EDT - Use GA to answer a phone for you and ask who is calling and why
12:04PM EDT - Never have to talk to a telemarketer again
12:04PM EDT - Uses voice-to-text translation
12:05PM EDT - Pixel 3 in the US, other Pixels coming soon
12:05PM EDT - Flip to Shhh - silences notifications when phone is upside down
12:05PM EDT - Pixel 3 includes the Titan Security chip
12:05PM EDT - Smartest wireless charger ever - Pixel stand
12:06PM EDT - Does a smart wake up alarms to help you wake
12:06PM EDT - Can control connected devices when attached
12:07PM EDT - Becomes a photoframe when not in use, or a clock
12:07PM EDT - Preorder now at $799 Oct 17th, Pixel stand is $79 (?)
12:09PM EDT - That's for the normal Pixel 3 then
12:09PM EDT - First on Verizon, no price on XL
12:09PM EDT - Coming to Aus, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, UK, USA
12:10PM EDT - Nov 1 in Europe
12:11PM EDT - [Image from Anshel Sag, my phone went nuts and logged me out]
12:11PM EDT - Osterloh now wrapping up
12:11PM EDT - Full details on store.google.com
12:12PM EDT - That's a wrap
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Peskarik - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Google will sort you outPeskarik - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Google Hub will blend into your home like telescreens in 1984."Mark, that bacon sandwich is not environmentally friendly, you are being fined 500 credits for violating paragraph 1 subsection 2 of Global Warming code of conduct and reported to the Ministry of Vegan Affairs. Be well."
Meteor2 - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
"Anandtech is older" 😂I do like Home Hub, and $149 seems pretty reasonable.
Meteor2 - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
"Note, no tech details about Home Hub: screen resolution, battery life, other key info"I think that's the point, it's very much in the "it just works" Apple mould
N8SLC - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - link
I just got the Lenovo Smart Display, which is the same thing except it has a camera. Great device, I use it more than I thought I would.Meteor2 - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Pixel Slate had to match the iPad Air in price to win. It doesn't. Fail.Meteor2 - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
And $199 for a keyboard? Is that a joke??Peskarik - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Well, they had to pay Annie Leibowitz for the "partnership". ,-)PeachNCream - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
All that keystroke logging and data mining costs money, friend.imaheadcase - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
That screen rez though. that is what is appealing. Using it straight as a tablet with that screen will be amazing. Assuming rest of hardware is up to par.